Four of the eight surviving crew members of the 1942 Doolittle bombing mission attended the 68th Doolittle Raiders Reunion April 16-18 in Dayton, Ohio. They are (l to r) Lt. Col. Richard Cole, 94, co-pilot in aircraft #1 piloted by Jimmy Doolittle: Lt. Col. Robert Hite, 90, co-pilot of aircraft #16 - the last one off the USS Hornet: Maj. Thomas Griffin, 92, navigator and mission planner on aircraft #9: and MSgt. David Thatcher, 88, engineer/gunner, aircraft #7. texag57

Doolittle Raid Vets

In the waning days of World War II, Army Pfc. John Lee and a few other GIs assembled about 60 German soldiers, lined them up against a wall and shot them down in cold blood as the Germans stood surrendering with their hands in the air. (See Timeline)